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Château Fougas
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2022
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Cherries and spice open the wine. On the palate, the wine is supple, creamy and spicy, with nuances of crushed rocks and refreshing mint that comes in on the end of the finish. Drink from 2025-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,647 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
2021
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Red fruits, cedar, pepper and a plethora of minty herbs form the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, spice and fresh with earthy, peppery red fruits and spearmint on the backend. Drink from 2024-2031. 420 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024 |
2020
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Fresh, spicy, meaty and round, the wine serves up its blend of savory, earthy, juicy fruit with ease, leaving you with a finish of dark, red fruits, peppery herbs, tobacco and forest leaf. 89-91 Pts 1,388 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
2019
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Flowers, spice, forest leaf and red fruits come through on the nose with ease. The wine is fresh, fruity, spicy and packed with loads of crunchy deep, red fruits, green olives and a touch of vanilla in the finish. Give it a year or two to soften. Drink from 2023-2033. 764 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022 |
2018
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Spicy, meaty, black fruit, herbs, wet earth and tobacco on the nose, The wine is full-bodied, soft, round, and with an earthy, leafy essence to the fresh, sweet, dark berries. 859 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021The wine is full-bodied, and deep, letting the ripe plum, blackberry and earth sing out. Rich, sweet and fleshy, there is freshness in the end, giving the fruit its much-needed lift. 90-92 Pts 1,680 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
2016
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Medium bodied, fresh, bright and fruity, with spicy, meaty, dark fruits and a plummy, dusty textured finish. This is nice now, and will be even better in a few years. 2,169 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Floral, with red and dark cherry, plum and licorice on the nose. The wine is medium/full bodied, fresh, earthy and bright. 1,888 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
2015
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Deep in color, with bitter chocolate, flowers, licorice and plums. Medium/full bodied, with soft, lush tannins and a fruity, dark chocolate finish. 2,011 Views Tasted Mar 19, 2017 |
2014
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Early drinking, medium-bodied, soft, bright and fresh, with an earthy core of red fruits and espresso, this is already drinking well. 3,537 Views Tasted Oct 21, 2019 |
2012
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Easy drinking, with roundness, sweet, black raspberry and chocolate, this is a nice, early drinker from the Cotes de Bourg. 2,215 Views Tasted Jul 6, 2015 |
2011
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Sporting a new label, this organically farmed property is currently applying for biodynamic status. With soil that included blue and red clay along with limestone, the wine blends 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc, the wine will be aged in 50% new oak. Licorice, spice and black cherry with soft textures and a black cherry finish. 87-89 Pts 2,915 Views Tasted Apr 20, 2012 |
2010
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Pleasant, easy drinking, forward, round, open, ripe style of wine that will be best in its youth. 3,580 Views Tasted Nov 5, 2014 |
2009
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Earthy black cherries, smoke and black raspberries are easy to find in this concentrated, easy to like and already open, Bordeaux value wine. 3,205 Views Tasted Aug 4, 2013 |
2005
Château Fougas Maldoror (Côtes de Bourg)
Still going strong, fully mature, the wine offers a charming, rustic blast of cocoa, dark chocolate covered cherries and wet earth aromatic profile. There is lots of flesh and a nice sweetness to the earthy, dark, red berries. 2,861 Views Tasted Nov 3, 2016 |